I am not quite certain how you define "drafted", but there were presidents who did not openly campaign for the nomination. Among these were Washington, Taylor, Pierce , Grant and Eisenhower.
No
Pierce was drafted by his party to run after they could not agree on any of the four front-runners for the nomination. He was a loyal party man and felt it was his duty to serve, but probably did not dream that he would be nominated when he allowed his name to be put into for consideration.
The president has no limitations to nominating cabinate members, he can select any U.S. citisen. However any nomination he makes must be confirmed by the senate.
Yes, there have been several Republican women who have run for president. Notably, Carly Fiorina ran for the Republican nomination in 2016, and Michele Bachmann ran in the 2012 election. However, no Republican woman has ever been nominated by a major party for the presidency.
Did Fredrick Douglass become Vice President
In the Wikipedia article about the election, there is no mention of any other Republicans running for President. At the Republican convention, Grant was elected unanimously on the first ballot.
no- no president was ever from Wisconsin.
No
Barack Obama is the only president to have a viable female opponent and that was only for the Democratic nomination. Hilliary Clinton made a strong shpwing in the primaries in 2008 but Obama eventually prevailed.
No, no president of the United States has ever won an Academy Award.
I do not think any US President was ever stationed at Fort Irwin.
Richard M. Nixon, 37th US President, is the only President to resign from office.